Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.
I never excluded any genre on my first record.
James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.
Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first.
The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.
I never listened to country music growing up.